Sunday, 24 August 2008

Purple Strikes Back | Fall/Winter 2008

While I have only once had the distinct pleasure of whooping it up with the Purple Magazine's infamous Olivier Zahm, witnessing him grab 16-year old (two years my junior) Tallulah Morton's derrier was enough to convince me that he's kind of a creep. But a majorly genius creep.

The Fall/Winter 2008 Mario Sorrenti cover (featuring himself flanking -- who else? -- but Kate) is sure-to-be legendary. Plus the fabled Balmain "Anna Jagodinska" dress is iconic: as Hilary Alexander so cleverly remarked upon seeing it on last February's catwalk, it "covers just enough to avoid infringing the laws of public decency". Not anymore!

Yeah I was performing at a Colette/Self Service party last February in Paris and I was taking pictures and Olivier Zahm grabbed my camera, squished my face to his, and took pictures of us with it. I had beard burn on my face for the rest of the night. One of my friends had a similar fate as well!